The American Civil War Quiz

American Civil War

• The American Civil War was caused by the disagreement over the expansion of slavery into the western territories.

Opponents of Slavery Expansion

• Those who opposed slavery's expansion into the western territories included anti-slavery activists and politicians.

Secession of Southern States

• Initially, 11 southern states seceded from the United States to form the Confederacy.

Response to Lincoln's Election

• In response to Abraham Lincoln's victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election, the Confederacy seceded from the United States.

Lincoln's Election and Secession

• Abraham Lincoln's election victory in 1860 led to the secession of southern states and the formation of the Confederacy.

Counterfactual Conditionals

• Counterfactual conditionals are characterized by their use of "if" and "then" clauses to describe hypothetical scenarios and their potential consequences.

Distinction from Indicatives

• Counterfactuals are distinguished from indicatives by their use of the subjunctive mood and the hypothetical nature of the scenarios described.

Approach to Understanding Counterfactuals

• In the 1960s, an approach was developed to understand the truth of counterfactuals, which involved the use of possible world semantics.

Study of Counterfactuals

• Counterfactuals are one of the most studied phenomena in philosophical logic, formal semantics, and philosophy of language.

Problem with Material Conditional Analysis

• Counterfactuals posed a problem for the material conditional analysis of conditionals, which struggled to account for the hypothetical nature of counterfactual scenarios.